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Year Two Modules

Professional Practice

At the heart of
Illustration is the requirement to work to commission for a client - visually
interpreting a message they want to convey to a particular audience in a given
context.Throughout this
module our students respond individually or in teams to a range of creative
Illustrative/image-making tasks.

We run an assignment titled 'Competitive Spirit' which is delivered in two stages: The Great Editorial Race followed by selection and completion of National/International Competition briefs.

The Great Editorial Race - where teams work together across 21 days to complete professional mock-ups of 10 editorial illustrations all to win some illustrated pounds and chocolate coins!

In the second stage of the module, students select from a variety of national/international illustration awards - Macmillan Children's Book Prize, Penguin & Puffin Design Awards, Design Against Fur, Young Creatives Network Awards, D&AD student awards...

As working outside the commission has become more popular, new spaces in which audiences can engage with illustration have developed over the last decade and

self-directed and authorial (Illustrator as author) approaches to both creating and presenting work are explored by many Illustrators. Work produced within this module is intended for sale so is carefully considered in terms of pricing, presentation, packaging alongside consideration of potential audiences, markets and outlets.Deadline Day photo's for the Independent Practices module:

Year two students have the opportunity to research,
design and produce creative self-promotional strategies that suit their
particular aspirations. Digital, print and portfolio outcomes are explored.

Chris Dodd's self promo mask

Micah Shaw's creative CV

A one day project to produce self promo badge packs

Haz Russell's creative CV

Sequential Image-making

Within this module our students take on the role of Illustrator as storyteller or communicator through the production of sequential images.Developing their skills in exploring image-text relationships through visual narrative, they extend their awareness of the potential contexts of Illustration and the convergence of their practice with other disciplines, such as creative writing, graphic design and animation.